Owayesakuba ngumcebisi wezokhuseleko kuzwelonke uJohn Bolton uthe akazange achukunyiswe lixabiso eliphantsi lomkhosi wase-Irani elinikelwe ngokubulawa kwakhe, eqhula ngelithi “wayenentloni” ngexabiso le-300,000 yeedola.
UBolton wabuzwa malunga neyelenqe lokubulala lekhontrakthi engaphumelelanga kudliwanondlebe lwangoLwesithathu kwigumbi leemeko le-CNN.
"Ewe, ixabiso eliphantsi liyandibhida. Bendicinga ukuba uya kuba mde. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba inokuba ngumba wemali okanye into," uBolton waqhula.
UBolton wongeze ukuba "uyasiqonda kakuhle ukuba yintoni isoyikiso" kodwa wathi akazi nto malunga netyala lika-Shahram Poursafi, oneminyaka engama-45, ilungu le-Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
ISebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika libhengeze ngolwe-Lwesithathu ukuba lityhola uPoursafi, oneminyaka engama-45, ngokubetha owayesakuba nguMongameli welizwe uDonald Trump umcebisi wezokhuseleko, mhlawumbi ukuziphindezela ngokugetyengwa komphathi we-IRGC uQasem Soleimani ngoJanuwari ka-2020.
U-Poursafi utyholwa ngokubonelela kunye nokuzama ukubonelela ngenkxaso yezinto eziphathekayo kwiyelenqe lokubulala elingaphaya kwamanye amazwe kunye nokusebenzisa indawo yokuthengisa ephakathi ukwenza ukubulala ukuze kuqeshwe. Uhlala ekhululekile.
UBolton warhoxa kulawulo lukaTrump ngoSeptemba ka-2019 kodwa wakuncoma ukubulawa kuka-Soleimani xa wayebhala kwi-tweet ukuba wayenethemba lokuba "eli linyathelo lokuqala lokutshintsha ulawulo eTehran."
Ukuqala ngo-Okthobha ka-2021, uPoursafi wazama ukuqesha umntu e-United States ngokutshintshiselana ne-300,000 yeedola e-Bolton, ngokweSebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika.
Abantu abaqeshwa nguPoursafi kuye kwavela ukuba ngabafundi be-FBI, nekwaziwa ngokuba yi-Confidential Human Resources (CHS).
Njengenxalenye yeli yelenqe, uPoursafi wacebisa ukuba i-CHS yenze ukubulala "ngemoto", wabanika idilesi ye-ofisi yangaphambili kaTrump, kwaye wathi unomkhwa wokuhamba yedwa.
UPoursafi uphinde waxelela abantu ababeza kuba ngababulali ukuba "unomsebenzi wesibini" awayebahlawula i-1 yezigidi zeedola.
Umthombo ongachazwanga uxelele i-CNN ukuba "umsebenzi wesibini" ujolise owayesakuba nguNobhala welizwe uMike Pompeo, owayesebenza ngexesha lokuhlasela kweenqwelo moya owabulala uSoleimani kwaye watyhala i-Iran ukuba ifune impindezelo kwi-US, eyayisebenza kulawulo lukaTrump.
Kutyholwa ukuba uPompeo ebephantsi kwe-habeas corpus okoko washiya isikhundla ngenxa yesisoyikiso sokufa esivela eIran.
Isithethi soMphathiswa Wezangaphandle e-Iran, uNasser Kanani ngolwe-Lwesithathu, usichithile isityhilelo esitsha seSebe lezoBulungisa lase-US "njengezityholo ezihlekisayo" kwaye wakhupha isilumkiso esingacacanga egameni likarhulumente wase-Iran ukuba nasiphi na isenzo esichasene nabemi base-Iranian "siphantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe."
Ukuba ufunyenwe enetyala kuzo zombini izityholo zomdibaniso, uPoursafi ujongene neminyaka engama-25 entolongweni kunye nesohlwayo se-$500,000.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-12-2022